MP3: Michel Ploraneff - Né Dans Un Ice-Cream MP3: Michel Ploraneff - Petite, Petite

Pssst! I think the coast is clear, haven't seen a zombie for weeks now. The post of the living dead is over. In the interim, some sad news: A death in the family - Dear ol' grandma shuffled off this mortal coil. It doesn't look as though she succumbed in the zombie invasion. No, I suspect there my have been foul-play afoot. But who killed Grandmother? Perhaps this ecclesiastic euology from Polnareff will shed some light. And even if it doesn't, it's sure to get all the tears [...]
I'm very pleased to have been asked to present a program in the WFMU Record Fair A/V Room for the 7th year in a row. The theme for this years Bedazzled Video Hour (and a half) is "French Pop Rarities 1966-1967". We combed through our archives and put together an amazing selection of Ultra-Rare French Pop Clips broadcast in those classic years of 1966 and 1967. FaceBook Event Page Saturday, October 29 · 5:30pm - 7:00pm WFMU Record Fair A/V Room 125 W. 18th Street (Between 6th & 7th) The complete [...]
Check out my guest post over at the Aquarium Drunkard today. I delve into Michel Polnareff's very divisive 1971 album, Polnareff's . Above is a clip of him performing it "live" (or at least sitting at a piano while it plays). Please feel free to comment on his blog. I'm curious what people think...
Several months back my pal Duke had a group over to his house to check out a James Brown concert DVD he'd just picked up. Afterwards the discussion turned to recent vinyl finds at the Rose Bowl Flea Market; during which Duke broke out an LP that divided the room in a fashion I hadn't [...]

Last year, former Harlem Shakes (R.I.P.) drummer Brent Katz released a very fine, very unexpected chamber-pop record under the name Thunder & Lightning . It's the sort of music that Wes Anderson might make, were he as skilled on piano and tenor vocals as he is with Final Draft. (Just kidding, everybody knows he delivers his scripts on a vintage typewriter with keys made from elephant tusks.) Katz was kind enough to make Rawkblog a wee mixtape, which you'll find after the jump. Put The Royal Tenenbaums on on mute while you dive in? The [...]
The very helpful people at the Swingin' Mademoiselles facebook page tipped me off about the Annie Girardot track I posted in the Girls in the Garage vol. 12 (bonus) post [see the comments]. With a little help from a certain online translator, I deduced the song was from the 1969 film Erotissimo , and was written by Michel Polnareff (music) and Jean-Loup Dabadie (lyrics) [see previous post for the mp3 download]. The second half of this next clip [...]

Michel Polnareff La Poupée Qui Fait Non I Rokketti Una Bambolina Che Fa No No No I had a bizarre dream the other night: Mariah Carey was showing me a new song she had just recorded, despairing that the chorus had a similar melody to some (at one time) popular New Jack Swing song. I pointed out that it also sounded similar to a Hall & Oates song, as well as [...]

Following our (not so) recent post about Wasps , here's one about Creepy Crawlies, or Bestioles , as the French dictionary has just informed me. So if the thought of little leggy critters makes your skin crawl, take a deep breath and read on with caution. We're talking little critters like these two clockwork Horrors *, who were wound-up and let loose in Daniel Miller's studio full of ancient analogue gadgetry. [...]
Last month we were joined by birthday boy Stuart Lamour (who some of you may know from his good work over at 20jazzfunkgreats ). Stuart had done his research and unearthed a nice batch of French and electronic sounds to add some zing to the evening. Much fun was had by all, and we have each chosen a song we played as a gift in mp3 format. Here's how we soundtracked the evening: Sarah Depeche Mode – New Life OMD – Mystereality Visage – Damned Don't [...]

RE-BOOT RE-BOOT… IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPUTE [...]

PARA LOS Q YA HALLAN VISTO EL DOCUMENTAL DE JUSTICE "A CROSS THE UNIVERSE" AL FINAL DEL DOCUMENTAL TERMINA CON UAN CANCION LLAMADA "LOVE ME, PLEASE LOVE ME DEL AÑO 1967" ¡DE UN FRANCES QUE LA ROLA ESTA BIEN CHIDA LLAMADO MICHEL POLNAREFF Q ERA ROCKERO DEL 60... ETA MISMA ROLA LE HACE UN COVER EL DUETO FRANCES VIVE LA FETE... MICHEL POLNAREFF - LOVE ME,LOVE ME PLEASE [MP3]

Today is birthday. It's shortly after twelve but I've been feeling the familiar but invented feeling that is inescapable during and around this time, yesterday, and will do so even more once I get some rest and wake up into a sea of formalities. Besides the birthday that even spills into this here blog, I want to post a. If you're thinking to hard about what the lyrics mean, I will tell you you're missing the point. Michel Polnareff - Love Me, Please Love Me (ALT) 1966

Je me suis fait attaqué hier soir, je veux dire ce matin près du canal St Martin, je passais sur un pont quand trois types, je veux dire trois brutes entre 1M90 et 2M sorti de nulle part m'ont sauté dessus me criant : LA BOURSE OU LA VIE ! J'en poussai rapidement un dans l'eau et évitais en même temps un coup de pied retourné renversé je pris appuis sur mes mains et assainais un low kick, le deuxième tomba dans un camion transportant des graviers, le troisième sortit alors un couteau de sa poche, une grosse [...]

1. Piero Umiliani - La Ragazza Fuoristrada (A sophisticated low-key theme by the humorous Umiliani done for the 1971 softcore " La Ragazza Fuoristrada " which starred The Eritrean model/actress Zeudi Araya .) 2. Mayo Thompson - Horses (An Avant-Garde Rock classic by former member of " The Red Crayola " Mayo Thompson , Released in 1969 [...]
Theya Hermann "Champagne and the Starlite" - This song is so deeply obscure that it's like the only evidence that Theya Hermann ever existed. Who is she? Did she record other songs, and did they also sound as though they ought to be covered by the Scissor Sisters? (Like, RIGHT NOW, Scissor Sisters!) "Champagne and the Starlite" may very well be the most cheerful and romantic song ever written about the gas crisis or any other sort of shortage of consumer goods. It's peppy, effervescent, and adorably flirtatious, especially when Hermann reassuringly declares "don't despair, cutie baby [...]

Gainsbourg is a major figure on this blog, but Michel Polnareff should be one as well. (Well, this is not the first time MP appears on FS, see here and here ) When it comes to great songs, outrageous behaviour, beautiful women, writing soundtracks, high drama (suicide of his best friend, war with the taxman) or tributes, Michel is on par with Serge. Thanks to René , I just received an update of the Polnareff- tribute that was released in 1993, re-released in 2001 and again updated just recently. Artists like Pulp [...]

Jour de Chance is the new album by Belgian electrorock-duo Vive La Fête , who were featured here before because of their Lio- and Gainsbourg-covers. This time they chose to cover Michel Polnareff's Love Me Please Love Me (from 1966). Don't be fooled by the title, it is a French song. Jour de Chance is more rock than electro, but the lyrics sung by the gorgeous blonde Els Pynoo are as stupid as ever. Heck, one song is even called Stupid Femme . But in VLF-land, stupid means fun. [...]

Toutes les nanas que j'ai croisé et à qui je disais émerveillé que j'allais voir Polnareff avaient la même réaction. Bouah, il est trop moche maintenant. L' Amiral n'a jamais été beau , mais sa musique elle à quelques atouts que d'autres grosses pointures de la chanson française n'ont pas. En effet, si Johnny porte une guitare sur scène qui n'est pas branché et que Sardou ne sait rien faire d'autres que de tenir son micro, Polnareff est tout aussi artiste qu'interprête. Sur la scène [...]